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Edward Benjamin Evans, RPS (3 November 1846 – 21 March 1922), a British army officer also known as "Major Evans", was a distinguished philatelist, stamp collector, and philatelic journalist. His philatelic specialization included Mauritius, the Confederate States of America, the Mulready envelopes, and the Indian feudatory states.

His Mauritius collection started after he was posted there in 1876. Evans assembled an extraordinary collection that included a famous example of the One Penny Red "Post Office" Mauritius and several unused Two Pence "Post Paid" in indigo and dark blue. He published many articles on the stamps of the Confederate States in the Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal, which he edited for 23 years. His Mulready envelope collection was purchased by King George V and now resides in the Royal Collection. Read more...